Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 1
This is the inaugural season of Hell's Kitchen. Season 1 aired starting on May 30, 2005, and concluded on August 1, 2005. The series was filmed over 3 weeks in November 2004. Michael Wray from Fort Collins, Colorado, won the first season of Hell's Kitchen, thus winning his own restaurant in Los Angeles named Tatou. This was the first season where the teams were not separated by gender at the start, which wouldn't happen again until season 18. This was also the only season where Ramsay addressed the show's progress on camera to the viewers, rather than just a voice-over explaining eliminations.
| Hell's Kitchen | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Hosted by | Gordon Ramsay |
| No. of contestants | 12 |
| Winner | Michael Wray |
| Runner-up | Ralph Pagano |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | May 30 – August 1, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
The show was taped in Los Angeles at KCOP, in a converted former television broadcast facility that previously hosted shows such as The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough in the late 1970s to mid-1980s.